Data from Lloyds Bank UK Recovery Tracker showed that tourism and recreation, which includes travel agents and tour operators, recorded its first growth in output in April since August 2020.
The sector recorded a rating of 51.9 in April which saw the reopening of non-essential retail as well as outdoor hospitality at pubs and restaurants – a score of more than 50 shows that a sector is growing.
Lloyds’ tracker found that all 14 sectors of the UK economy were showing growth in April for the first time since August 2018 with firms’ expectations of further growth over the next 12 months ranking ahead of “global counterparts”.
